salvatour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• salvator, salvatoure, salvatur

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salvātor; equivalent to saven +‎ -atour. Doublet of saveour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsalvaˈtuːr/, /salˈvaːtur/, /ˈsalvatur/

Noun

salvatour

1. (Christianity) Jesus or a depiction of him.
2. (rare) A saviour (one who rescues from harm).

Descendants

• English: salvator

References

• “salvā̆tǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.